Product Activation

[Mike]

Hi all. I use my PC with Windows XP Home Edition
primarily for gaming, and recently I had some problems
with my graphics card. I used Safe Mode to reinstall the
drivers, and everything works now. Except that in order
to reinstall the drivers for that device, I had to
uninstall the device first, then reinstall it, then the
drivers. Windows tells me that I have made a serious
modification to my computers hardware, and that I will
need to reactivate Windows. Fair enough, I try to
reactivate Windows, but it wont let me use my existing
product key (that I used to activate Windows XP when I
first purchased my machine), as I have exceeded 'The
number of times this product can activated with this
Product Key. Please visit this website to aquire
another'. I visit the website, and it tells me I can't!
How can I reactivate Windows with my product key - I've
only got three days of Windows left before it shuts down!

[Danny Blue]

Call Microsoft and tell them what you have done.

"Mike" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all. I use my PC with Windows XP Home Edition
> primarily for gaming, and recently I had some problems
> with my graphics card. I used Safe Mode to reinstall the
> drivers, and everything works now. Except that in order
> to reinstall the drivers for that device, I had to
> uninstall the device first, then reinstall it, then the
> drivers. Windows tells me that I have made a serious
> modification to my computers hardware, and that I will
> need to reactivate Windows. Fair enough, I try to
> reactivate Windows, but it wont let me use my existing
> product key (that I used to activate Windows XP when I
> first purchased my machine), as I have exceeded 'The
> number of times this product can activated with this
> Product Key. Please visit this website to aquire
> another'. I visit the website, and it tells me I can't!
> How can I reactivate Windows with my product key - I've
> only got three days of Windows left before it shuts down!

[Jim Macklin]

did the message also list the MS 800 activation number?


"Mike" > wrote in message
...
| Hi all. I use my PC with Windows XP Home Edition
| primarily for gaming, and recently I had some problems
| with my graphics card. I used Safe Mode to reinstall the
| drivers, and everything works now. Except that in order
| to reinstall the drivers for that device, I had to
| uninstall the device first, then reinstall it, then the
| drivers. Windows tells me that I have made a serious
| modification to my computers hardware, and that I will
| need to reactivate Windows. Fair enough, I try to
| reactivate Windows, but it wont let me use my existing
| product key (that I used to activate Windows XP when I
| first purchased my machine), as I have exceeded 'The
| number of times this product can activated with this
| Product Key. Please visit this website to aquire
| another'. I visit the website, and it tells me I can't!
| How can I reactivate Windows with my product key - I've
| only got three days of Windows left before it shuts down!

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Simply start the activation process, and then follow the on-screen
prompts and instructions to activate via telephone. It's a 5-minute,
toll free call.

Bruce Chambers

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"Mike" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all. I use my PC with Windows XP Home Edition
> primarily for gaming, and recently I had some problems
> with my graphics card. I used Safe Mode to reinstall the
> drivers, and everything works now. Except that in order
> to reinstall the drivers for that device, I had to
> uninstall the device first, then reinstall it, then the
> drivers. Windows tells me that I have made a serious
> modification to my computers hardware, and that I will
> need to reactivate Windows. Fair enough, I try to
> reactivate Windows, but it wont let me use my existing
> product key (that I used to activate Windows XP when I
> first purchased my machine), as I have exceeded 'The
> number of times this product can activated with this
> Product Key. Please visit this website to aquire
> another'. I visit the website, and it tells me I can't!
> How can I reactivate Windows with my product key - I've
> only got three days of Windows left before it shuts down!